Welcome home, fellow Gator.

The Gator Nation's oldest and most active insider community
Join today!

Trump’s classy Christmas message

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by oragator1, Dec 25, 2022.

  1. stingbb

    stingbb Premium Member

    4,316
    792
    2,543
    Apr 3, 2007
    Trump is an idiot and needs to go away.

    But again, the almost perverse infatuation some of you have with Trump is amusing. Like I said in a previous post…some of you should charge rent to Trump for living inside your heads.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  2. pkaib01

    pkaib01 GC Hall of Fame

    3,649
    777
    2,063
    Apr 3, 2007
    I, for one, view trump as a threat to my way of life. I will continue to highlight his idiocy, criminality and repulsiveness to wear away the resolve of his duped supporters. I could give a rat's ass whether you find that amusing or not.

    Merry Christmas
     
    • Like Like x 4
    • Dislike Dislike x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
  3. BigCypressGator1981

    BigCypressGator1981 GC Hall of Fame

    6,695
    1,372
    3,103
    Oct 11, 2011
    It’s an obsession, not an infatuation. Make no mistake about it - this is pure hatred. And he will be living rent free in my head until he is no longer a threat to our country. Counting on folks like yourself to save us from the Trump nightmare in the GOP primaries.
     
    • Like Like x 2
    • Funny Funny x 1
  4. ursidman

    ursidman VIP Member

    13,963
    22,585
    3,348
    Sep 27, 2007
    Bug Tussle NC
    Be sure to get the rent money upfront.
     
    • Funny Funny x 9
    • Like Like x 1
    • Winner Winner x 1
  5. VAg8r1

    VAg8r1 GC Hall of Fame

    20,705
    1,704
    1,763
    Apr 8, 2007
    Unless the Republican Party changes the way it allocates delegates it's not beyond the realm of possibility that Trump could pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat like he did in 2016. The "winner" of a Republican primary almost always ends up with a disproportionate share of the delegates sometimes all of them even if he wins by a small plurality. In a crowded field a candidate can win most of a state's delegates with well under 40 percent of the vote. Not making a prediction but it wouldn't be surprise me to see Trump ending up as the first nominee of a major political party to lose the popular vote in the general election three times in a row. One example from 2016 was South Carolina in which Trump was awarded all 50 of the state's delegates even though he received only 32.5% of the primary vote. Another example was Alabama in which Trump ended up with all of the state's delegates even though he received 43.4% of the votes. In Florida Trump was awarded all 99 of the state's delegates while receiving 45.7% of the vote.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  6. WarDamnGator

    WarDamnGator GC Hall of Fame

    10,695
    1,341
    1,718
    Apr 8, 2007
    Totally agree. I could see him building a lead early in a crowded field by winning 30-40% while the "normal" candidates split the 60%-70% of the vote that doesn't want him. The good candidates drop out, and it's a replay of 2016...

    It's probably best for the democrats because Trump would be the easiest to beat in 2024... Only way I see Biden winning is if it's Trump-Biden for 2024.
     
    Last edited: Dec 27, 2022
    • Agree Agree x 2
  7. gatormania

    gatormania Freshman

    34
    20
    1,703
    Mar 19, 2017
    Your faith, I'm quite sure, consoles you, however I'm afraid that has no bearing on whether your intuition is at all true. Peace to you.
     
  8. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

    35,353
    1,741
    2,258
    Apr 8, 2007
    Oh, come on. Trump was in office as president of the United States and the most powerful man in the world less than two years ago. He's already announced that he's running again in 2024. And though he trails DeSantis is some polls, in others he's still Republicans' No. 1 choice for the GOP nomination.
    And he even leads Biden or Harris in some general election polls.
    Beyond that, a sizable number of Americans, including the majority of Republicans, think he really won the 2020 election.
    More than 100 candidates who claimed the election was stolen won their Republican primaries.

    Now, in the midst of all that, Trump released a public statement on Christmas morning. It's kind of ridiculous, I think, to claim that no one should be talking about how hateful and selfish his Christmas message was.
     
    • Winner Winner x 3
    • Agree Agree x 1
    • Wish I would have said that Wish I would have said that x 1
  9. oragator1

    oragator1 Premium Member

    22,890
    5,583
    3,488
    Apr 3, 2007
    Yeah, Trump practically takes a bulldozer to our democracy in 2020 after spending four years undermining the institutions that underpin it, is currently leading in most polls for ‘24 on the Republican side, I don’t think it’s the Trump critics that are the ones with TDS.
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/e..._republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  10. lacuna

    lacuna The Conscience of Too Hot Moderator VIP Member

    63,335
    3,709
    2,353
    Apr 8, 2007
    Redlands, Colorado
    "Console" is not the word that describes the benefits of my faith. And as the spiritual convictions I embrace are not shared by you, there is no need for you to be "afraid" my experience is not "true."

    I thank you for your response. Upon reflection, a better choice of word describing my faith would have been instinctual as I have previously written elsewhere in this forum.

    And I thank you for your concern and expression of peace. It will return to you.
     
  11. DawgFanFromAlabam

    DawgFanFromAlabam GC Hall of Fame

    2,314
    277
    308
    Apr 18, 2007
    Can Herschel be VP?
     
    • Funny Funny x 2
  12. Gatorhead

    Gatorhead GC Hall of Fame

    17,647
    5,743
    3,313
    Apr 3, 2007
    Philadelphia
    NO HE's NOT - He is just coming to terms with the lies, BS and misery he has caused - and not in any kind of Empathetic Way, he knows the walls are closing in and is seeking an escape hatch, thats the ONLY reason he declared, there will be no "winning" for DT, just a "delay" in consequences coming into play.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  13. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

    15,790
    2,036
    1,718
    Dec 9, 2010
    Yes, but he has become a cause of cognitive dissonance for many of them. They don't view themselves as the type of people that would support this sort of stuff. But they did (and many still do, push comes to shove). That causes cognitive dissonance. So out come the defense mechanisms, mostly avoidance and denial.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
    • Winner Winner x 1
  14. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

    6,882
    838
    2,103
    Dec 6, 2015
    Boy, what I'd give to have old "mean tweets" back (as in the man between January 2017 and November 2020, the man after November 2020 has to just go away).

    Not doing that is about all Joe Biden has going for him.
     
  15. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

    6,882
    838
    2,103
    Dec 6, 2015
    Lot of hate and divisiveness on both sides. That's how we got Trump in the first place.

    The midterms showed that America has had enough of the worst of Trump, which some candidates illustrated, but that they liked the best of Trump (DeSantis). In general, though, I would agree that America has had enough of Trump as a whole because of the baggage. By the end of his presidency it just became too much for myself included.
     
    Last edited: Dec 27, 2022
    • Disagree Bacon! Disagree Bacon! x 1
    • Winner Winner x 1
  16. gatorchamps960608

    gatorchamps960608 GC Hall of Fame

    4,510
    941
    2,463
    Jul 4, 2020
    Well, except for the endless list of Biden's successes as president.
     
    • Funny Funny x 2
  17. Gator715

    Gator715 GC Hall of Fame

    6,882
    838
    2,103
    Dec 6, 2015
    Not even kidding, I almost spit my drink out after reading this.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  18. dangolegators

    dangolegators GC Hall of Fame

    Apr 26, 2007
    Assuming you voted for him once or twice, blame yourself, not others, for Trump not going away.
     
    • Winner Winner x 2
    • Agree Agree x 1
    • Disagree Bacon! Disagree Bacon! x 1
  19. VAg8r1

    VAg8r1 GC Hall of Fame

    20,705
    1,704
    1,763
    Apr 8, 2007
    I think that's true now but I still wouldn't count Biden out in 2024 no matter who ends up with the Republican nomination whether it's Trump, DeSantis or someone else. Although I may be overly optimistic the economy should be better in 2024 than it is now and that should benefit the incumbent. Although it is impossible to predict how and to what extent there is a good chance that the Republican nominee whomever ends up with the nomination could be bloodied through a contentious primary campaign and finally there is Trump himself. If he doesn't end up with the nomination he will almost certainly claim that it was stolen from through fraud and enough his supporters could end up staying home even if Trump himself doesn't run as an independent/third party candidate.
     
    Last edited: Dec 27, 2022
  20. pkaib01

    pkaib01 GC Hall of Fame

    3,649
    777
    2,063
    Apr 3, 2007
    Denial.